|Primary=Virginia has an [[Open primary|open primary]] system, in which any registered voter may choose which party's primary to vote in.

|Primary=Virginia has an [[Open primary|open primary]] system, in which any registered voter may choose which party's primary to vote in.

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|Voter registration=Voters had to register to [[Voting in the 2012 primary elections|vote in the primary]] by May 21. For the [[Voting in the 2012 general elections|general election]], the voter registration deadline is October 15.<ref>[http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/documents/ElecCal/Website%20-%20November%20Calendar.pdf ''Virginia State Board of Elections'' "2012 November Election Calendar," Accessed July 7, 2012]</ref>

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|Voter registration=Voters had to register to [[Voting in the 2012 primary elections|vote in the primary]] by May 21. For the [[Voting in the 2012 general elections|general election]], the voter registration deadline was October 15.<ref>[http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/documents/ElecCal/Website%20-%20November%20Calendar.pdf ''Virginia State Board of Elections'' "2012 November Election Calendar," Accessed July 7, 2012]</ref>

|State=Virginia

|State=Virginia

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|Incumbent=Heading into the election the incumbent is [[Robert C. Scott|Robert C. "Bobby" Scott]] (D), who was first elected to the House in 1992. }}

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|Incumbent=Heading into the election the incumbent was [[Robert C. Scott|Robert C. "Bobby" Scott]] (D), who was first elected to the House in 1992. }}

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This will be the first election using [[Congressional redistricting maps implemented after the 2010 Census|new district maps based on 2010 Census data]]. [[Virginia's 3rd congressional district]] is located in the eastern portion of the [[Virginia|state]], and includes Charles City, colonial Heights City, Surry, Hampton City and Norfolk City counties.<ref>[http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/images/Virginia_January_2012_Redistricting_Map.jpg ''Virginia Redistricting Map'' "Map" Accessed July 24, 2012]</ref>

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This was the first election which used [[Congressional redistricting maps implemented after the 2010 Census|new district maps based on 2010 Census data]]. [[Virginia's 3rd congressional district]] is located in the eastern portion of the [[Virginia|state]], and includes Charles City, colonial Heights City, Surry, Hampton City and Norfolk City counties.<ref>[http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/images/Virginia_January_2012_Redistricting_Map.jpg ''Virginia Redistricting Map'' "Map" Accessed July 24, 2012]</ref>

==Candidates==

==Candidates==

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==Election Results==

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===General Election===

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==Impact of redistricting==

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==Campaign contributions==

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Candidates for Congress are required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the [[United States Congress elections, 2012|2012 elections season]]. Below are the candidate's reports.

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Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the [[United States Congress elections, 2012|2012 elections season]]. Below are the candidate's reports.

Candidates

Note: Election results were added on election night as races were called. Vote totals were added after official election results had been certified. For more information about Ballotpedia's election coverage plan, click here. If you find any errors in this list, please email: Geoff Pallay.

District partisanship

FairVote's Monopoly Politics 2012 study

In 2012, FairVote did a study on partisanship in the congressional districts, giving each a percentage ranking (D/R) based on the new 2012 maps and comparing that to the old 2010 maps. Virginia's 3rd District became more Democratic because of redistricting.[8]

2012: 75D / 25R

2010: 72D / 28R

Cook Political Report's PVI

In 2012, Cook Political Report released its updated figures on the Partisan Voter Index, which measures each congressional district's partisanship relative to the rest of the country. Virginia's 3rd congressional district has a PVI of D+23, which is the 34th most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 79-21 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 70-30 percent over George W. Bush (R).[9]

Campaign contributions

Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2012 elections season. Below are the candidate's reports.